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The Second Sunday after Trinity | Proverbs 9:1-10 & Luke 14:15-24 | Scripture is Always Leading to the Feast

The Second Sunday after Trinity | Proverbs 9:1-10 & Luke 14:15-24 | Scripture is Always Leading to the Feast

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The Second Sunday after Trinity June 14, 2026 Proverbs 9:1-10 & Luke 14:15-24 The first reading this morning came from the book of Proverbs. In many ways, the book of Proverbs can be difficult to understand. A reason for this is that a proverb often requires the reader to meditate on it to grasp its deep meaning and truth. You see, proverbs are usually short sayings that express deep, universal truths regarding life. So how might one begin to understand this proverb? Well, throughout the generations, the Church has confessed that Scripture interprets Scripture. Meaning, the key to understanding a verse, passage, or book of the Bible often resides in another verse, passage, or book of the Bible. Alright, so how are we to understand this morning’s Old Testament reading from the Book of Proverbs? By using today’s Gospel reading. The reading from Proverbs began, “Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.” To begin, what has Proverbs already said about wisdom? For this, we go to the concluding verse today, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.” This fear that produces wisdom is nothing other than the First Commandment, “You shall have no other gods.” What does this mean? We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things. So, who builds the house? It is God who constructs the house of wisdom and knowledge. The seven pillars symbolize the house, and the Lord’s tabernacle built by Moses and Solomon, the place where God came to be with His people, Israel. In the second verse, the Proverb says, “She (Wisdom) has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.” In other words, the meal has been prepared for the guests. And here, you should hear the words of today’s Gospel as Jesus said, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many.” Both the Old Testament reading and the Gospel begin with the preparation of a great banquet, as if they are mirroring one another. Just as Jesus said, many were invited, and the servants went out to tell those who were invited to come to the feast, the Proverb said, She (Wisdom) has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town, “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says, “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” It’s interesting that in the original Hebrew, the word for “Whoever is simple” is “Gullible.” So, “Whoever is gullible, let him turn in here! To him who lacks sense she says, ‘Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.’” Being “gullible” or “lacking sense” in this case means being foolish or vulnerable to deception. In a way, these people sound like those who were invited to the same banquet Jesus was speaking about in the Gospel, when the servant said, “Come, for everything is now ready.” The first person responded to the servant, saying, “I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.” Or the second guest who said, “I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.” Or even the third who responded, “I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.” The things that are causing those who have been invited to the feast to be vulnerable or fall for deception are the things of this world, the people and things of this life. Take a moment and consider for yourself how you have been gullible, how you’ve permitted yourself to be led to lack sense, the ways you have not heard the call of God, the call of Wisdom to come to the house and temple of God, where He has prepared a banquet for you. Have you been gullible to the voice of the world, have you acted without sense like those who have been invited to the great banquet that has been prepared? Surely you have, as the Psalmist wrote, you were conceived and born in sin. (Psalm 51:5) For this, you must repent, hear God’s call, and return. But if a servant of God approaches you, often a pastor or sometimes a brother or sister in Christ, to invite you or a loved one back to the banquet of God, how do you think this conversation usually unfolds? What do you believe a person’s demeanor and attitude are during such an exchange? Well, this depends on the Christian’s maturity in the Christian faith. And I believe this story plays out with these verses from the Proverb, Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,...
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